The problem with all y'all saying it's rigged, y'all were the same ones who were of the belief all season that the NBA was going to gift the Jazz the #1 pick so they could have Flagg as the face of the franchise. Y'all were still parroting this theory even after Luka was traded. Point being, there's only 14 spots, so the likelihood there's going to be a narrative curated around the lottery being rigged is always going to be high.
If you think of it as, every year there's like a 40-50% chance that whatever team lands the #1 pick there's going to be a grand conspiracy around that team winning.
If the NBA truly wanted to manipulate the lottery, they would've made sure all those tanking ass teams would've got the top picks because it's better for the league that the bad teams don't stay being bad.